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D Louisiana Senate · District 7

Sen. Gary Carter

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Total votes
10,699
all sessions
Attendance
83%
1,792 missed
Lower than 85% of chamber peers
With party
98%
of cast votes
Near the chamber average
Bipartisan score
1%
crosses aisle rarely
Near the chamber average
Sponsored
688
bills & resolutions
Near the chamber average
Committees
5
assignments
10,699 roll-call votes

Voting record

Yea
8,125
voted in favor
Nay
782
voted against
Absent
1,792
missed votes
Total cast
10,699
across all sessions
Crossed party
114
votes against own party
This page
10,699
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Bill
Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 10
STATE POLICE RETIREMENT: Provides relative to the determination of employer contributions and amortization of certain actuarial gains. (gov sig) (EN SEE ACTUARIAL NOTE FC)
Yea
Passed
35–1
Mar 23, 2026
SB 172
PLANNING/ZONING: Provides relative to planning commissions. (8/1/26)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 16
RETIREMENT SYSTEMS: Provides for educational requirements for trustees of certain retirement system boards. (8/31/26) (EN NO IMPACT FC)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 254
CREDIT: Provides relative to surcharges for debit card use. (8/1/26)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 244
HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for recreational hunting of alligators. (8/1/26)
Yea
Passed
35–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 29
PUBLIC HEALTH: Requires coroners to report certain information regarding sudden child deaths. (8/1/26) (EN NO IMPACT See Note)
Yea
Failed
10–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 42
CRIME/PUNISHMENT: Prohibits using artificial intelligence to create child sexual abuse materials. (8/1/26)
Yea
Passed
36–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 244
HUNTERS/HUNTING: Provides for recreational hunting of alligators. (8/1/26)
Yea
Failed
16–0
Mar 23, 2026
SB 306
RELIGIOUS FREEDOMS/LIBERTIES: Creates the crime of obstruction of the freedom of worship in a church or other place of worship. (gov sig)
Nay
Passed
27–8
Mar 23, 2026
SB 32
HEALTH/HOSPITALS DEPT: Establishes a Perinatal Bereavement Care Initiative within the Louisiana Department of Health. (8/1/26) (EN INCREASE GF EX See Note)
Yea
Passed
33–0
Mar 23, 2026
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